Ontario Launches Climate Change Programs To Capture Methane, Reduce Auto Emissions

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Ottawa—Ontario Environment Minister Laurel Broten Aug. 8-9 introduced a series of programs intended to reduce the province's emissions of greenhouse gases, including a regulatory change to require the capture of methane from landfills and three initiatives intended to reduce emissions from vehicles. Broten Aug. 9 released for public comment proposed amendments to regulations under the Environmental Protection Act that would make it mandatory for new, expanding, and existing landfills larger than 1.5 million cubic meters to install methane-capture systems. Methane from landfills accounts for about 4 percent of Ontario's total human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, she said in a statement.